5 Unique Ways To Use Sensors on Your Android Smartphone
Am sure we must have wondered about the sensors on our android device, an now we will be talking about the different sensors in a phone and the 5 unique things we can do with android phone sensors.
We will tell you about the following sensors:
Camera
Magnetometer
Gyroscope
Temperature sensor
Barometer
Accelerometer
Light sensor
Proximity sensor
We will tell you about the following sensors:
Camera
Magnetometer
Gyroscope
Temperature sensor
Barometer
Accelerometer
Light sensor
Proximity sensor
Before we begin discussing about these sensors, you might want to know the sensors your phone has, to do this easily, you can use SENSOR BOX which you can download in Google Play Store or clicking on this link which directs you to the play store.
Proximity Sensor
This sensor basically detects things that gets close enough to the front your smartphone. It emits higher beam and detects changes in the redound signal. Its main use is to turn the screen of your smartphone when you receive a call to prevent touching the screen when the phone is close to your ear and save the phones battery life.
Keen screen is also an app which makes you lock and unlock your phone simply by using the proximity sensor to judge when your phone is in your pocket and when it is out of your pocket which locks the screen when in your pocket and back on when you take it out of your pocket.
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| Sensor Box |
Proximity Sensor
This sensor basically detects things that gets close enough to the front your smartphone. It emits higher beam and detects changes in the redound signal. Its main use is to turn the screen of your smartphone when you receive a call to prevent touching the screen when the phone is close to your ear and save the phones battery life.
Wave control;
uses the proximity sensor to control media playback on your device which makes you look cool to be honest.Keen screen is also an app which makes you lock and unlock your phone simply by using the proximity sensor to judge when your phone is in your pocket and when it is out of your pocket which locks the screen when in your pocket and back on when you take it out of your pocket.
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| Wave control |
Accelerometer
The accelerometer measures and keeps track of the changes in the orientation of your smartphone there is an app called pocket bubble meter which uses the accelerometer to figure out the orientation of your device when you tilt the phone, the bubble responds accordingly. In the new android version 7.0, you can actually raise your device to wake your screen which totally works with your accelerometer . this is also a feature in the ios10. For those of us who do not use the latest android version, there is an app called SMARTWAKE which gives the same functionality on the older android devices.
The accelerometer measures and keeps track of the changes in the orientation of your smartphone there is an app called pocket bubble meter which uses the accelerometer to figure out the orientation of your device when you tilt the phone, the bubble responds accordingly. In the new android version 7.0, you can actually raise your device to wake your screen which totally works with your accelerometer . this is also a feature in the ios10. For those of us who do not use the latest android version, there is an app called SMARTWAKE which gives the same functionality on the older android devices.
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| Smart wake |
Gyroscope
this sensor keeps to track how your device is being rotated and to what extent the phone Is rotated, this property of the gyroscope is what is being used in Virtual Reality headsets YouTube 360 videos and some games VR games. To know more about VR click here.
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| Google cardboard |
Camera
The camera is also a sensor on its own, this sensor detects light and uses that to create a picture. This can also be used in other applications for detecting motion. One app that does this well is the Motion Detector app. You can use this app to turn your phone into a security camera, this app snaps a picture and sends it to you whenever it detects motion.
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| Motion detector |
Light Sensor
This sensor measures the intensity of light that is falling on the screen of your device. This sensor is used to control the device brightness, and also the front camera exposure
Temperature Sensor
This measures the temperature. The light sensor is not usually present in all smartphones, this sensor measures the temperature of the environment around your device.
Barometer
Barometer this is a sensor that measures the altitude of the device and also measures the pressure acting around your device. There are apps that use these data to figure out the altitude at which the phone is place.
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